Mortdecai Marklarian Fignopple Smith

a parallel universe where nothing exist.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX shares soared above $150 on its first day of trading. https://t.co/bq5ARi7rgB

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

This plea is not merely heartbreaking. It is theologically indicting.

Every religion that elevates a historical figure invites an obvious objection: you have imported the limitations of his century along with his wisdom.

Christianity is not immune to this on its surface. But the question is not which century your prophet came from. The question is whether the man you elevated transcended his century or merely inhabited it.

Jesus touched lepers in a world that quarantined them. He held public theology with women when the rabbinical tradition refused them. He stood inside Roman imperial power and refused every offer of it. He told his disciples that greatness looked like a servant and that the meek, not the militarily dominant, would inherit the earth. He did not import 1st century Rome. He confronted it at every structural point.

Muhammad worked within the gender architecture of 7th century Arabia. He occasionally softened it. He did not dismantle it, he codified it. Surah 33:59 does not emerge from divine aesthetics. It emerges from a situation where his men were harassing women in Medina’s streets, and the solution offered was not to discipline the men but to mark the women.

Distinguish your wives so we know which ones we can abuse.

That is the textual sociology behind the hijab. You can argue across fourteen centuries about jurisprudence and interpretation but you cannot erase the situation that produced the verse.

When a founding figure does not confront the power structures of his world but works within them, those power structures become sacred. The 7th century gender architecture does not stay in the 7th century. It travels forward dressed as revelation.

This is why the Taliban are not an aberration. They are the answer to a sincere question: what does serious, uncompromising application of the external enforcement paradigm look like when you remove the moderating pressure of Western political shame? Afghanistan is the answer. Those men are not distorting Islam. They are implementing it without apology.

Christianity is structurally different. Not because Christians are morally superior but because the architecture is different by design.

The compliance mechanism is inward. The law written on the heart, not enforced at the school gate. This means God chose that the most devout believer and the most flagrant sinner face each other in the same invisible courtroom, and He alone presides. He gave us the mandate to preach and persuade. He did not give us the authority to coerce. When men try to, they are not being more Christian. They are being less. The architecture resists them.

Islam’s architecture does not resist them. It licenses them. And men who want power will always find a religion that licenses them and call it devotion.

So that girl’s cry is a theodicy in one sentence. She is right. Whatever god demands this cannot be the creator of women.

The left refuses this conversation because it forces a choice between feminist commitments and the reflexive defence of Islamic exceptionalism. They will choose the latter, dress it in the language of anti-colonialism, and leave Afghan girls crying in the dark.

[dru. squatch @hurtch]

4,400 new millionaires because a company succeeded.

Murica, what a country you are!

[Henry Seriake Dickson @iamHSDickson]

I just received my brother, colleague, and partner in the New Nigerian Project, His Excellency Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON, our presidential candidate, who, together with some distinguished leaders of our party, held a closed-door meeting which lasted about three hours.

In the course of that meeting, we reviewed the activities of our party and discussed a few recent issues that have been a source of concern to all sides, and we amicably resolved all the issues

We have always been on the same page on the bigger picture, i.e., winning the elections for all candidates of our party and rescuing Nigeria from the misgovernance of the APC-led government. However, a few issues have arisen, and we have agreed on how to handle them moving forward.

I want to use this opportunity again to call on all members of our party to stop the bickering and name-calling and focus on the bigger picture. Both His Excellency Peter Obi and I, as well as other leaders and stakeholders of our party, will continue to consult and engage with one another to address and resolve concerns, strengthen the unity and cohesion of our party, and ensure that we remain focused on our shared mission of rescuing Nigeria and building a better future for all.

Happy Democracy Day.

~HSD

[Equipe du Sénégal @GaindeYi]

Les Champions d’Afrique viennent d’atterrir à l’aéroport international Liberty de Newark dans le New Jersey. 🛬🇺🇸

[CHUKS 🍥 @ChuksEricE]

NDC presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi responds to Kenneth Okonkwo's recent criticism.

"I can never act rascally. I have never been known as someone who operates rascally; I always operate within the rules and guidelines. It is easy for anyone to say anything against me, but the fact remains that I will never be part of what I am trying to change. If I wanted that, I would have done it when I left office as governor and taken all the money like any other person."

Mr Peter Obi on recent interview on NoireTV

[Bloomberg @business]

The Yahoo Boys aren't just scammers — they're status symbols. Carlos Barragan's new book explores how online fraud became a pathway to wealth, fame and influence in Nigeria. https://t.co/gkLw6aoZti

[TobyWrites @tobyasky]

Sorry, she forgot you guys hate foreigners 😭

[Mortdecai Marklarian Fignopple Smith @DavidAririeri]

that Mexico team is very bad. on the other hand SA is not a footballing team.

[Nigeria Democratic Congress @NigeriaNDCHQ]

It is an aberration that Nigeria, as a country, is not at the World Cup. This is solely a failure of leadership, which we intend to fix in 2027 through our collective resolve to vote out this incompetent government that has denied millions of Nigerians the joy of travelling to watch the World Cup and participating in the tournament.

[Morris Monye @Morris_Monye]

And yes…

$1 trillion man.

[Mortdecai Marklarian Fignopple Smith @DavidAririeri]

one thing women should be praying for is to have benevolent men in charge particularly in civil and political spaces.

The world out there is harsh and deeply unkind for them. The reality is that these women in Afghanistan, right now, have no hope at all to turn it around.

[Isaac @isaacrrr7]

🚨 El ministro de Educación afgano ha anunciado que las mujeres tendrán prohibido asistir permanentemente a las escuelas.

ONU Mujeres no ha dicho ni una palabra.

[Ugo @Sir_Fin]

Umu nne anyi mmehicanos. See you at 3pm.

[Premier League @premierleague]

The best match from the 2025/26 season, as voted by YOU 🫵

🔴@Arsenal 2-3 @ManUtd ⚫️

https://t.co/WhEOpy1OFt

[Tonye. @to__nye]

Difficult for me to mock anyone for losing people to kidnappers or any form of terrorism despite their politics sha. It almost touched me too so I’m careful

Still, when you support terrible politicians and their policies, if something happens to you I wonder what you expect, hmm

For insecurity, I don’t think there’s ever going to be an easy solution to it, nobody who will win would find it easy to solve the problem

Good luck to Nigeria anyway

[Mortdecai Marklarian Fignopple Smith @DavidAririeri]

@Hitee_ APC had OUK's younger brother in the race, but he dropped out during the primaries. He was someone who could have been at least somewhat “significant” in contesting against Otti. At this point, I don't think there's any real opposition left for the election.

[Mortdecai Marklarian Fignopple Smith @DavidAririeri]

putting it more plainly I fairly doubt the opposition parties will field anyone at all. They're mostly talking about the 2031 elections. It feels like 2027 isn't really part of their plans.

perhaps they'll field someone at the last minute, just for appearances. it’s that crazy.

[Mortdecai Marklarian Fignopple Smith @DavidAririeri]

@Hitee_ yeah..

[Mortdecai Marklarian Fignopple Smith @DavidAririeri]

the way things are going, Alex Otti might literally run unopposed in Abia. I honestly don't think the opp parties has someone who can seriously compete with him.

APC is so deeply unpopular here that people will give you a side eye the moment you bring them up and as for PDP..smh

[Mortdecai Marklarian Fignopple Smith @DavidAririeri]

not to sound racist but she too fair skinned & pale. Just a little, little touch more melanin, and I'd be listening.

[Pol Atreides @Aliathewhite]

Remember what you're fighting for.